July 20th, 2008
Pinon Canyon expansion may be scaled back
From the Pueblo Chieftain:
It was just last March that Army officials hinted they were willing to chop back their controversial plan to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site to just 100,000 acres - only a quarter of the 414,000 acres they have been requesting.
The Pentagon confirmed that adjustment in a statement Tuesday, which quoted Army Assistant Secretary Keith Eastin saying the smaller request is a recommendation contained in a report that is being delivered to Congress this week.
The report, ordered by Colorado Sens. Ken Salazar and Wayne Allard, is supposed to explain why the Army wants to acquire more land around the 238,000-acre training site northeast of Trinidad.
